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This is sooo true! 😂
Are clients always right? 😀
I created a lettering system where every letterform represents one of the things designers routinely hear from clients.
The typeface becomes a visual dictionary of bad creative feedback, that proves the statement wrong.
Give me your worst client...
The R paired with "we want something" is oddly perfect, you can feel the vague brief coming before you even finish reading it. Smart way to turn a pain point into an actual typeface.
Loool that is so funny 😂
The idea of turning client feedback into the actual letterforms is clever. Each one basically becomes a tiny case study in scope creep.
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Are clients always right? 😀
I created a lettering system where every letterform represents one of the things designers routinely hear from clients.
The typeface becomes a visual dictionary of bad creative feedback, that proves the statement wrong.
Give me your worst client feedback you have received throughout your design career. 😁
Don't want to jinx it ,but so far my clients have had reasonable comments, and often brings in a new perspective, that in the end strengthened the concept.
apparently in 1994, David Carson was art directing an issue of Ray Gun magazine. he found one of the interviews he was designing for (with Bryan Ferry) so boring, that he typeset the entire thing in Zapf Dingbats.
if you're not familiar, Zapf Dingbats is an iconographic font with no legible letters.
one of my favourite quotes is from Carson, about this piece: "Don't mistake legibility for communication."
drop your favourite bit of font lore in the comments 👇
Source: David Carson: Surfing the Unconventional Waves of Zapf's Dingbats
So amazing 😍
Safe or bold, which one actually makes you stop scrolling? 🤔
Sans: the serif, tight tracking, one accent color playbook every skincare brand is running right now.
Bold: the same idea, redesigned with attitude. 💅
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Definitely bold! That redesigned typography adds so much personality and immediately stops the scroll. Safe just gets lost in the feed these days.